A Shining Star Goes Dark
A tragedy at Reagan High School evokes a mother's courageous response.
"...quickly defined Ortralla's killing as an act of domestic violence: "Domestic violence cannot be tolerated anywhere. We must have..."
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May 16, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith
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"...studies have demonstrated that, domestically, more guns equal less violence. The possibility that a potential victim is packing heat..."
April 4, 2003 Column
The Camera Is Mightier Than the ...
Documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain were right in the belly of the beast when the Venezuelan coup began -- specifically, in the Presidential Palace, right as the opposition stormed it.
"...popular response to government repression, and particularly to Chavista violence against anti-government demonstrators on April 11. Bartley and O'Briain..."
March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael King
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"...implies that the refugees are to blame for the violence carried out against them, while the description of the..."
Feb. 21, 2003 Column
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"...that their 6- and 8-year-old kids were exposed to violence in Spider-Man. They feel the Chronicle, in its review,..."
June 14, 2002 Column
Naked City
9/11 Victims for Peace
"...identify a commonality with all people similarly affected by violence throughout the world" and "break the endless cycle of..."
March 29, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Naked City
War and peace
"...the Bush administration kicked off its war on terrorism. "Violence is not the answer," she said. "We need to..."
Jan. 4, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple
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"...recall him telling his listeners to "keep cool" that "violence is not the way to fight the system." He..."
Nov. 23, 2001 Column
Re: Resisting Evildoers
Defense against one's enemies presents a conflict for individuals who identify themselves as members of a Christian society instructed to turn the other cheek.
"...can in no way be construed as condoning lethal violence of any kind, for any reason. And this creates..."
Nov. 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura
Truth or Consequences
Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann's Long Night's Journey Into Day confronts issues of justice and forgiveness as it documents the hearings of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The film screens Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Alamo Drafthouse as part of the Texas Documentary Tour.
"...white women. His rationale -- that he sought through violence to subvert the status quo -- is, not surprisingly,..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.
"...2. What incendiary point is Hamzeh attempting, reminding repeatedly violence is occurring in the birthplace of Jesus? Will the..."
Nov. 2, 2001 Column
Coach's Corner
Longhorn Fan is a breed apart -- for this we can be thankful.
"...a notorious front-runner; loud, obnoxious, arrogant, and quick to violence ... but only when the team's winning. In bad..."
Oct. 19, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton
Beat Currencies
In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.
"...share themes of global intrigue, sexual convulsion, drug addiction, violence, and ritual murder. If you're familiar with Naked Lunch,..."
Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith
The Devil Online
Is online gaming phenomenon Diablo II: Lords of Destruction (Expansion Set) selling kids violence?
"...Do games like D2: LOD and Doom really encourage violence after players finally log off? Opinions vary online as..."
Aug. 3, 2001 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer
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"...that invitation to anyone who thinks that aggression and violence solve the problem rather than add to it. So,..."
March 16, 2001 Column
Lost and Found: A Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption
"...Lost and FoundA Daughter's Tale of Violence and Redemption..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Books Review by Anna Hanks
The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town
Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.
"...lacked in creative vitriol they made up for in violence. Taking Back the Night, or at Least My Own..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley
Public Notice
Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.
"...we were ticking through the myriad events of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October), we mistakenly listed the all-day Friday..."
Oct. 20, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer
Criminal Conversation
How Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of The Usual Suspects and the director of the upcoming The Way of the Gun, learned to say no.
"...to qualify why they are criminals." Hollywood's answer to violence is not toning down violence but just qualifying it,..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
Shades of Gray
In Texas Prisons, It's Hard to Tell Who Your Enemies Are
"...things worse. And more gang members mean more inmate-on-inmate violence, but not necessarily more staff assaults. "There's no angle..."
April 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee
Reflections
SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference
"...discussion on cult cinema that assessed such issues as violence in movies, the MPAA ratings system, and the future..."
March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Barry Johnson
Double Take
Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice
"...Wright is currently finishing a New Yorker story about violence in the media that grew from the South African..."
March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts
Straw Dogs
"...hold him at bay. The situation quickly escalates to violence, then beyond violence into some netherland of passion and..."
Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Paul Seydor
The Spirit of 76th
The Presidential Card
"...or juvenile probation officer, the murder of a domestic violence victim, and murder committed on school grounds.Bills seeking to..."
June 18, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett
On The Lege
Bushwacked
"...Rep. Domingo Garcia, D-Dallas, increasing the penalty for domestic violence when it results in the "death of an unborn..."
May 21, 1999 News Column
Where TV Fails
"...unleashed an attack against their Columbine High School classmates. Violence, promiscuity, and nihilism on the big and small screens..."
April 30, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
True to Their Cause
No More Turf Wars
"...to ask whether there is a history of domestic violence in any of these families. Was a mother beaten..."
Feb. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jay Trachtenberg
Fatal Error
Hooked on Drug Money
"...corrupted governments at all levels, eroded internal security, stimulated violence, and distorted both economic markets and moral values," the..."
Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen
Coffee Table Books That Depict and Provide Escape From
"...strewn here and there to create a collage of violence and the dreadful mystique of border towns...."
Dec. 18, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith
The Buzz Heard 'Round the World
"...one of those films which engenders a sense of violence in kids and contributes to the general breakdown of..."
